A low capacity for
A low capacity for getting along with those near us often goes hand in hand with a high receptivity to the idea of the brotherhood of men. Eric Hoffer
Receptivity
Purity is receptivity, the
Purity is receptivity, the ability to sit and wait patiently, for as long as necessary, for the coming of the light. Frederick Lenz
Youth is the season
Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power–that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision. Christian Nestell Bovee
No one…can live in
No one…can live in this heightened state of reflective receptivity forever. Because this empathy’s involuntary, there’s terror here. Loss of control, a seepage. Becoming someone else or worse: becoming nothing but the vibratory field between two people. Chris Kraus
The chief characteristics of
The chief characteristics of the [liberal] attitude are human sympathy, a receptivity to change, and a scientific willingness to follow reason rather than faith. Chester Bowles
It seems to me,
It seems to me, as time goes on, that the only thing that is worth seeking for is to know and to be known by Christ — a privilege open alone to the childlike, who, with receptivity, guilelessness, and humility, move Godward. Charles Brent
Poetry requires deliberate movement
Poetry requires deliberate movement in its direction, a filament of faith in its persistence, receptivity to its fundamental worthwhileness. Within its unanesthetized heart there is quite a racket going on. Choices have to be made with respect to every mark. Not every mistake should be erased. Nor shall the unintelligible be left out. Order is … Read more
Positivity opens us. The
Positivity opens us. The first core truth about positive emotions is that they open our hearts and our minds, making us more receptive and more creative. Barbara Fredrickson
Nothing can be forced,
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything. B.K.S. Iyengar
Recreational development is a
Recreational development is a job not of building roads into lovely country, but of building receptivity into the still unlovely human mind. Aldo Leopold